California Code
ARTICLE 5 - Firearms and Baton Training Facilities
Section 7585.

7585. The course of training in the carrying and usage of firearms, the satisfactory completion of which shall be required of applicants who wish to obtain a firearms qualification card, shall be in the format prescribed by the Department of Consumer Affairs as delineated in the bureau’s “Firearms Training Manual.” The course of training contained in the manual shall include, but not be limited to, the following:

(a) Moral and legal aspects of firearms usage.

(b) Firearms nomenclature and maintenance.

(c) Weapon handling and shooting fundamentals.

(d) Emergency procedures.

(e) Prequalification range training, including the firing of practice rounds.

(f) Qualification course of fire.

(g) Examination which has been provided by the bureau of the subject matter taught.

(h) This section shall remain in effect only until July 1, 2023, and as of that date is repealed.

(Amended (as amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 697, Sec. 15) by Stats. 2022, Ch. 287, Sec. 33. (AB 2515) Effective January 1, 2023. Repealed as of July 1, 2023, by its own provisions. See later operative version as amended by Sec. 34 of Stats. 2022, Ch. 287.)